A mystery series worth reading.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

It starts with A Killer in Kings Cove. A woman named Lane Winslow, shortly after the end of WWII, relocates to a small town in British Columbia to start a new life, and leave her old one -- which involved being a spy during the war -- behind. Not long after a dead body shows up near her home.

The 8th in the series is Lethal Lesson, and it's just arrived.

Full disclosure: I went to high school with the author, Iona Whishaw, so I may be a bit biased here.

[Scrivener7]

1. 4 of the books are in my local library! But not A Killer in King's Cove.

I'll have to buy it. Thanks for the tip!

[old guy]

2. Definitely going to check these out.

[pandr32]

3. Hopefully it is made into a series for streaming

Lots of gorgeous locations to shoot in British Columbia.
Meanwhile, I'll check out the book form.

[hermetic]

4. These look good

Thanks for the tip.

According FictionDB the first novel is called Dead in the Water and the description matches yours. That is in book form. A Killer in Kings Cove is the title of the same story, only in ebook form. Why they would change the title is a mystery to me but they sure sound like the exact same story.

Anyhoo, my library has the 4 after that so I shall be checking those out. You have the coolest friends. Thanks again.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. The first book was, if I'm not confused,

Independently published. Or by a small Canadian press. Then Iona apparently got taken up by a larger publisher who regularized the titles and the cover artwork.

I bought the first book under the original title, and got Iona to sign it for me. That was at our last class reunion in 2016. Thanks to Covid, we didn't get to have the next one, but perhaps in a year or two.

I might ask Iona about the title change.

[Demsrule86]

6. Sounds good...going to read it. Thanks

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. I finally heard back from Iona.

Here's what she said. " I self published the first book as “Dead In The Water”, and then when a proper publisher offered me a contract for that book and the second one, they wanted a complete separation from the original one, so after all the editing, we went for a rename, hoping to establish a consistent pattern for all subsequent books, and voila!"

The current one is still a very small publisher, but she seems quite happy with them.